Glueck's 'Rivers in the Desert'
to Be Made into $3,000,000 Film

'Knesset Gets Bill Giving State Aid to Large Families ct'

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To The Jewish News

JERUSALEM — A bill to
By HERBERT G. LUFT
Dr. Glueck's contention that
(Copyright, 1959, JTA, Inc.)
no climatic change of any con- pay government allowances
HOLLYWOOD — Dave Siegel, sequence has taken place in ranging from six Israeli pounds
who recently announced the the Negev, and wars and - eco-
per month to ten pounds per
purchase of the motion picture nomic disasters have been re-
rights to Dr. Nelson Glueck's sponsible for the disappear- month to all families with four
"Rivers in the Desert" for ap- ance of the ancient civilization. or more children was intro-
proximately $150.000, told me The archaeologist, a rabbi, and duced in parliament here
about his project to shoot the president of the Hebrew Union Tuesday.
whole picture in Israel, utiliz- College-Jewish Institute of Re-
The bill, sponsored by the
ing the true locale of the ligion, most recently came to Ministry of Labor and ap-
Negev, with the interiors to be Hollywood to close the deal
photographed in Herzlia's stu- with Dave Siegel. He also will ti
dios.
act as technical adviser, once V
The veteran showman, orig- the pre-production gets under
inally a Cincinnati attorney, way.
came to Hollywood to produce
(The book "Rivers in the
MONTREAL (JTA) — The
Ken Murray's "Blackouts" 20 Desert" was co-published by
years ago. In 1946, he co-pro- the Jewish Publication Society fundamental structure of the
duced with the late Charlie and Farrar, Straus and Cu- public school system of the
province of Quebec again be-
Rogers the Paul Muni-Anne dahy.)
came a national issue when
Baxter starrer "Angel on My
the Prime Minister of the prov-
Shoulder," and in 1947 the
ince. Maurice Duplessis. ac-
Academy Award winning fea- Cleveland Jewish Appeal
cused both Rabbi A. L. Fein-
turette "Bill & Co.." once more Closes With $5,152,000
in collaboration with Murray.
CLEVELAND (JTA) — The berg of Toronto and the To-
He had been guiding the stage Cleveland Jewish Welfare Fund ronto Daily Star of working
shows in Las Vegas' fashion- Appeal for 1959 closed this towards the abolition of religi-
able "Flamingo" Hotel, until week with pledges received ous instruction in the schools.
All public schools in Quebec
he decided to return to the totalling $5,152,231, the second
cinema.
highest total in the history of are Christian and belong to
the Cleveland Jewish com- either Catholic or Protestant
A ring once worn by a
munity. Eugene H. Goodman, school commissions. They are
Judaean king. the only seal
general chairman of the appeal, maintained out of school taxes
signet ring found in the ex-
announced the results at a and government funds Rabbi
awations by Dr. Glueck,
dinner meeting marking the Feinberg in a statement to
aroused Siegel's curiosity.
the press denied that "we are
close of the campaign.
Thumbing through the book
trying to preach atheism." He
by the famed archaeologist,
The total compares with accused the Quebec Premier
he learned that the ring's 54.827.900 raised in 1958. Ed-
inscription points to Jotharn, ' ward Ginsburg was co-chairman of misusing religion for a pur-
pose which was probably politi-
son of Uzzioir who. in Bibli-
sponsored by the Jewish Com- . cal.
cal days. built the harbor
munity Federation of Cleve-
Rabbi Feinberg has written
town of Elath on the sand-
land of which L. W. Neumark in the Ontario newspapers that
covered
of the aban-
is president and Henry L.
religion should be taught to
doned ruins of E:ion-geber,
Zucker, executive director.
school children in Canada, but
Soionion's Neaport on the Red
that sectarian religious instruc-
Sea.
Col. Gershom Is New
tion should not be financed out
It is the story of King Attache in Washington
of public funds. Premier Du-
Jotham that Siegel u-an ts to
plessis
said: "Various persons
WASHINGTON (JTA)—Col.
bring to the screen, u-ith
Shoshanah Gershom took up who have expressed the view
reteran film maker Henry
her new duties as Womens
King directing. and starring
Affairs Attache at the Israel
Marion Brando and perhaps,
Embassy here. She will be
Danny Kaye Budget for the
concerned with maintaining
proposed film has been set
contacts with women's organi-
at $3.000,000
zations in the United States.
Serving Detroit
Dr. Glueck. a - landsman" of She was commander of the
Homes and Industry
producer Siegel. also born in Women's Corps of the Israel
for Over 45 Years
Cincinnati. offers vital evidence Defense Forces for eight years
that two million people today before entering diplomatic
easily could be moved into the service.
Negev desert territory. It is •

proved by the Cabinet's eco-
nomic committee, would go
into effect Nov. 1, and would
cost the government 7,700,000
pounds a year.
The bill amending the na-
tional insurance law calls for
the financing of the allowances
through increased contribu-
tions that would affect chiefly
employers and the self-em-
ployed. A total of about 100 -
000 children would be coy-

ered by the new allowances.
All Israelis with families of
four or more children would
benefit. The assumptions under-
lying the proposed legislation
are that the average worker
is able to provide for a family
with no more than three chil-
dren and that the mother of
a family with more than three
children is unable to supple-
ly'itsh income, be-
ohufsaymiw
im
meat
hegtot he
housework
to hold a job.
The new benefits would go
to all families with four chil-
dren regardless of whether the
head of the family is employed
teaching in or unemployed and regardless
that religious
schools should be abolished of whether the family is rich
may. or may not. have taken or poor.
The bill is certain to pass
concerted action. But they
were giving a concert of ad- parliament although there may
miration for -godless schools be criticism levelled against
and for atheism." He pledged the government for presenting
that as long as he remained l the bill on the eve of national
premier. Quebec schools would elections.
keep their confessional charac- I If enacted. increased pay-
ter. He stressed, however, that ments to the insurance fund
he had no intention of im- would go into effect in Octo-
posing on Anglo-Protestants ber so that the new allow
and other minorities a system ances would be paid beginning
of educational rules that would ; Nov. 1. The elections are
not fit them. scheduled for Nov. 17.

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uebec Prune Minister Supports
Religious Instruc x7071 in Schools

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Indict Rabbi for Bribe
in Kashrut Case

NEW YORK (JTA)—A New
York rabbi Vkas indicted this ;
week on charges of attempting
to bribe New York state in-;
spectors to overlook violations
of Jewish dietary laws at the
Cafe Sahbra. a Manhattan night
club featurinL: Israel entertain-
ment.
Rabbi Max Felshin. indicated
on nine counts, pleaded not
guilty before General Sessions
Judge John A Mullen and was
released on $1.000 bail. He is
spiritual leader of the Radio
C i t y Synagogue. Six of the
counts involve felonies and
carry punishment on conviction
of up to ten years imprionsment
and a $5.000 fine on each count.
District Attorney Frank S.
Hogan said Felshin offered $100
bribes to two inspectors of the
New York State Department of
Agriculture and Markets • last
December.

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WJC's French Section Asks
Halt to Anti-Semitism

PARIS (JTA) — Resolutions
calling for measures to combat
anti-Semitic agitation In France
and West Germany were
adopted here at the concluding
session of the annual confer-
ence of the French section of
the World Jewish Congress.
Another resolution appealed
to the Romanian government to
'Initiate again its humane
action of permitting the emigra-
tion of Jews wishing to go to
Israel to reunite with their
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